Improvement in bag holder



C. J. BARNEY.

'Bag Holder.

Patented Dec. '4

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IMPROVEMENT IN BAG HOLDER.

CHARLES J. BARNEY, 0F EDGARTOW N, MASSACHUSETTS. i p Letters Patch-t No.60,121, dated December 4, 1866. i i

SPECIFICATION; TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN:.

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. BARNEY, of Edgartowm in the, county-ofDukes, and State of Massa chusetts, have invented a new and improved BagHolder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which, will enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming paflt of this specificatiomin which-Figure 1- is a vertical central. section of my invention, taken in theline a: :'v, .fig.' 2.- Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for holding bagswhile the same are being filled; andl it consists in the employment oruse of a hopper fitted in a platform supported by a frame, and arrangedin the manner substantially as hereinafter fully shown and described,whereby bags may be filled with the greatest facility by a singleindividual.

A represents a frameon which a horizontal platform, B, is secured; theilatter has a holeor opening, 0, i made in it, which is represented ofoval form in fig. 2, and ,this form will probably be 'the most desirableone. i

The sides of the opening 0 are or may be inclined slightlyyand D is ahopper of flaring form, having a flange,

E, at its lower end to fit in the opening 0, the flange corresponding inshape with the opening. The'hopper D, which may be constructed of sheetmetal, is attached to the platform B, by a hinge, at, as shown in figi1,s o

that the hopper maybe turned over out from the opening C, when desired;the flange E being" slightly taper, e of said opening. F is a platformwhich, when required for. use, is

corresponding to the inclination-of the sid fitted in theframe A,resting on bars, 12, therein.

The device is used as follows: In filling long bags the platform E isremoved from frame A, and the hopper 1) turned over out from the opening0, so that the upper end of the bag, G, ma y be fitted over the flange,E; i d between the flange and the side of the opening, C, the lower endof thebag resting upon the floor, as shown in red. The bag may then bereadily c filled, and when filled removed from the frame with thegreatest facility. When short bags are to belfilled, the I. The device-is extremely The hopper D is then turned down, and the upper end of thebag is secure platform E is placed in the frame to support them, asshown in black in fig.

. simple and eflicient, and'may be constructed at asmall'cost.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The frame A,provided with a platform B, having an'opcning, 0, made in it to receivethe flange or lower h a removable, platform, E, substantially as andfor;

part of the hinged hopper, D, and used in combination wit the purposespecified. p

' CHARLES J. BARNEYQ Witnesses: I Jenn 0. Nonron, JOHN S. SMITH.

